Increases in class sizes harming students’ chances to learn

4/10/18

The benefits of small classes help students and last longer than previous research indicated, according to a nationally respected expert on education, class size and school discipline.

Technology brings clinic to families in new childhood obesity study

4/10/18

A $1.9 million National Institutes of Health grant will enable University at Buffalo professor Myles S. Faith to test a family-based treatment for childhood obesity using innovative technology that allows study participants to be treated in their homes.

‘COACHES’ parenting workshops help dads be better parents

4/10/18

The COACHES program takes on 10 families with children in need of some academic or behavioral improvement.

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UB researchers to evaluate effectiveness of sex-abuse prevention program

4/10/18

The University at Buffalo’s Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention will extend its mission to protect and advocate for children by administering a $500,000 grant to study how teachers and other school staff members can recognize and report sexual abuse.

UB receives nearly $2 million to expand behavioral health workforce in WNY

4/10/18

The four-year grant will admit up to 22 graduate students each year into the HRSA Behavioral Health/Substance Use Disorder Scholars Program, which will provide behavioral health education, stipends to offset living expenses, simulated training, and clinical placements in primary care settings in rural and vulnerable communities.

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